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SCOUT· 33%52m·2026-10-02·Arts Culture100 Objects #20: AA Sobriety Chip
99% Invisible
Comedian, writer, and podcaster Jamie Loftus has always known about Alcoholics Anonymous. As a kid, she loved the album where her dad kept all his AA chips — that little piece of plastic that marks a day, a month, a year of sobriety. Now as an adult, Jamie wanted to understand where that little chip came from. What…
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